Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Klarna, the $2 billion+ startup out of Sweden that works with some 70,000 e-commerce sites to enable payments and provide flexible financing to make purchases, is adding one more key investor to help take its next steps into a wider range of services. Today it announced that credit card giant Visa is making an equity investment in the company, and as part of it, the two are forging a… Read More... →

Украинская инвестиционная компания Digital Future вложилась в американо-фино-украинский стартап PromoRepublic. Общий раунд финансирования составил $1,2 млн. Также в сделке приняли участие дочь американского ученого Питера Дрюкера Сесили Дрюкер, бывший главный эксперт по вредоносным программам в Facebook Ник Билогорский, бизнес-ангел Авирам Дженик, гуру бизнес-моделирования Дэвид Лоттенбах, финское агентство финансирования инноваций Tekes, Howzat Partners и Spring Capital VC. Об этом сообщает Techcrunch. Pr... →

Security firm Trend Micro is the latest corporate to jump into the startup investment world after it unveiled a $100 million corporate fund today. It is predominantly looking at opportunities in the internet-of-things (IoT) space, but the exact scope of how it will operate is not clear. The company is headquartered in Japan and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, where its current value… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд CB Invest вложился в американские проекты Light Polymers и UAVOS. Первый занимается нанохимическими технологиями, второй —разработкой беспилотных средств. О сделках Firrma сообщил управляющий партнер фонда Вадим Тарасов. Сумма инвестиций и приобретенные в проектах доли не раскрываются. «В Light Polymers я вкладывался на протяжении между сентябрем прошлого года и началом этого года», — рассказал Тарасов. При этом американские СМИ в марте сообщали, что Light Polymers привлек $24,3 млн в раунде... →

The U.K.’s Oxford University continues to be a hotbed of AI talent, fuelling not just academic research into AI but also the ambitions of startups and large technology companies alike. The latest Oxford-based AI startup to make headlines is Diffblue, a University of Oxford spin-out that is applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to software development. Read More... →

As AI slowly seeps into various sectors, it was fairly inevitable that we would start to see the “AI for X” startups begin to appear. Thus “AI for small business social media” is now a thing, in the shape of PromoRepublic, a US/Finnish/Ukrainian startup which has now raised a $1.2M investment round. More specifically, they bill themselves as a “WIX for a small… Read More... →

New York-based startup Stayawhile announced today that it’s scored $1.5 million in seed funding to provide travelers with what founder Janine Yorio refers to as “medium-term housing.” It’s a midway point between your standard hotel/Airbnb stay and a year-plus apartment lease, aimed at vacations and business travelers who’d like to spread out their stay in a new city… Read More... →

Put aside whatever shred of healthcare decency the Senate happens to be ripping out at the moment and take a look at Better, a startup helping people deal with out-of-network medical bills. The startup has just pledged 100 percent of its revenue towards relieving those stuck in serious medical debt. Better raised $1.1 million in funding from Initialized Capital, Designer Fund and various… Read More... →

We are still searching for innovative startups that want to launch on our Disrupt SF stage and aren’t afraid to get a little competitive! The winning company takes home the legendary Disrupt Cup and an equity-free check for $50,000 — not to mention a place in the startup history books. Read More... →

Стартап Pearl бывших сотрудников Apple, который за время работы привлёк $50 млн, закрылся. Об этом сообщает Axios со ссылкой на несколько источников, знакомых с ситуацией.... →

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Spanish startup Fintonic has closed a €25 million Series B funding round to expand into new markets in Latin America and continue developing the product. Investors in the round include banking and financial services giant the ING Group and insurance group PSN.  Read More... →

London! If you missed the news, here’s your reminder that we’re returning for a TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-off on 19 July, in conjunction with the incredibly fun conference, Unbound. Looking to pitch your startup to the TechCrunch team, local VCs and the local tech community? This is the moment you’ve been waiting for, but hurry because applications close in one week.… Read More... →

OMG Digital, the Ghana-based media startup dubbed the “BuzzFeed of Africa,” announced today that it has raised $1.1 million in seed funding. Its main site, OMG Voice, already has versions for Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya, and the new capital will be used to expand into more countries. Read More... →

If there are some noticeable gaps in the European venture scene it’s these. The first is there is still a small number of European entrepreneurs who have built products and scaled and exited and then went on to become investors, relative to the size of the market. The second is the dearth of VCs genuinely obsessed with product over “the growth numbers” as they are in… Read More... →

Бывший руководитель пресс-службы венчурного фонда ФРИИ Мария Лапук и экс-заместитель директора венчурного фонда ФРИИ по стратегии и коммуникациям Александр Изряднов запустили PR-агентство для технологических компаний и стартапов Vinci Agency. Об этом Лапук и Изряднов сообщили в Facebook. «Специализация у нас довольно предсказуемая — проекты в IT и стартапы. Занимаемся как регулярным пиаром, улучшением репутации, пиаром первых лиц, так и ловко можем организовать публикации в ключевых СМИ в США, Европе, Китае... →

Онлайн-сервис для борьбы со стрессом Welltory закрыл инвестраунд на сумму $1 млн. Об этом сообщили Firrma в компании.  Лид-инвестором сделки выступил фонд Cabra.vc, который инвестировал и в первом раунде стартапа. В число инвесторов нового раунда вошли также гендиректор ГК «Русагро» Максим Басов, бизнес-ангелы Борис Рябов, Дмитрий Сысоев, Владимир Гидирим, Антон Петров и Артем Руди, а также фонд CB Invest и его управляющие партнеры – Вадим Тарасов и Андрей Малай. Повторно в стартап вложились руководитель ко... →

Alright European startup fans, we’ve got quite the deal for you — we’ll soon be releasing a batch of 50 Disrupt Berlin 2017 tickets at the deeply discounted rate of two for the price of one. Yes, you read that right. This event is best described as the hottest startup show in Europe — you’re definitely not going to want to miss it. Read More... →

Редакция vc.ru продолжает публиковать резюме специалистов, желающих работать в стартапах и ИТ-компаниях (выходят по понедельникам), а также вакансии компаний, которые ищут сотрудников (выходят по четвергам).... →

On June 28 in Tel Aviv, we’re hosting the TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-Off in Tel Aviv — and it’s gonna be a blast! We have a great lineup of judges who are going to listen to the soon-to-be-announced startup pitches and crown the winner of the Tel Aviv Pitch-Off. Tickets are still available, so grab yours today. In addition to a few on-stage interviews, you’ll get to see… Read More... →